Sana’a university

Pharmacy college
Pharmaceutics department

Quiz of Physical pharmacy practical part for 1st level in 2021

Answer all the questions.

Choose the best answer.

1) In recrystallization process, dissolved impurities can be removed by

a) Dissolve them b) hot filtration c) cold filtration
2) How much the yield of a substance that weighted 30g before recrystallization and 22.7g after recrystallization.
a) 132.2 % b) 75.67 % c) 7.567 %
3) In solubility determination, if 1 g of substance required 1-10 g of solvent to dissolve, the substance is
a) Slightly soluble b) very soluble c) freely soluble d) insoluble

Weight of empty Weight of empty Weight of empty Weight residue Weight solvent
dishes (W1) gm dishes with dishes with (W4) gm (W5) gm
solution (W2) gm residue (W3) gm
Drug A 27 39 28 (W3-W1) gm (W2-W3) gm

4) for drug A the weight of residue is

a) 12 gm b) 1gm c) 1mg
5) For drug A the solubility can be expressed as one part of solute (drug) is soluble in
a) 11 parts of solvent [freely soluble] b)1 part of solvent [very soluble] c) 11 parts of solvent [soluble]

C Rx F Rx
Silver nitrate 0.5% E=0.33 Naphazoline HCL 0.5g FP 1%=0.16
Potassium nitrate q.s E=0.58 Sodium chloride q.s FP 1%=0.58
Purified water 25ml Purified water 50ml
Make isotonic solution Make isotonic solution

6) Regard to Prescription C, How many grams of potassium nitrate required for preparation?
a) 326.8g b) 0.3168g c) 316.8mg d) both b & c
7) Regard to Prescription C, what is the nature of the product if we do not add the required amount of potassium
nitrate?
a) Isotonic solution b) hypertonic solution c) hypotonic solution
8) Regard to Prescription F, How many grams of sodium chloride required for preparation?
a) 0.31g b) 3g c) 0.31mg
9) Regard to Prescription F, what is the nature of the product if we add 0.1g of sodium chloride?
a) Isotonic solution b) hypertonic solution c) hypotonic solution

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With Good luck Teaching assistant/ Abdu faisal
Sana’a university
Pharmacy college
Pharmaceutics department

Quiz of Physical pharmacy practical part for 1st level in 2021

S. no Name of liquid weight of drop mean

1 water 0.100 0.102 0.099 0.101
2 Liquid paraffin 0.070 0.071 0.073 0.071
10) Surface tension of liquid paraffin
a) 0.60mN/m b) 50.6mN/m c) 506mN/m
11) Red blood cells will --------- with hypotonic solution.
a) Shrink b) swell c) no change

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